1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 97 By: Sacchieri
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state government; defining terms;
7 prohibiting state agencies from contracting with
8 lobbyists or hiring legislative liaisons for certain
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9 an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4263 of Title 74, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. For the purposes of this section:
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17 1. “Executive lobbyist” means any individual who is employed or
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18 retained by another for financial or other compensation to perform
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19 services that include executive lobbying, other than an individual
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20 whose lobbying activities are only incidental to, and are not a
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21 significant part of, the services provided by such individual to the
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22 client, except the following individuals shall not be considered
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23 executive lobbyists:
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 1 a. an individual appearing before a state officer or
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2 employee of an agency who receives no compensation for
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3 his or her appearance other than reimbursement from
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4 the state for expenses and who engages in no further
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5 lobbying, and
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6 b. any person exercising his or her constitutional right
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7 to petition the government who receives no
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8 compensation or anything of value for lobbying;
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9 2. “Legislative liaison” means any state officer or employee
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10 whose duties in fact include legislative lobbying, regardless of the
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11 state officer or employee’s title and regardless of whether
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12 legislative lobbying is included within the state officer or state
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13 employee’s job description, other than an individual whose lobbying
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14 activities are only incidental to, and are not a significant part
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15 of, the services provided by such individual to the agency;
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16 3. “Legislative lobbyist” means any individual who is employed
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17 or retained by another for financial or other compensation to
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18 perform services that include legislative lobbying, other than an
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19 individual whose lobbying activities are only incidental to, and are
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20 not a significant part of, the services provided by such individual
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21 to the client, except the following individuals shall not be
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22 considered legislative lobbyists:
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23 a. an individual appearing before the Governor or a
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24 meeting of a legislative body who receives no
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 1 compensation for his or her appearance other than
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2 reimbursement from the state for expenses and who
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3 engages in no further lobbying, and
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4 b. any person exercising his or her constitutional right
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5 to petition the government and who receives no
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6 compensation or anything of value for lobbying;
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7 4. “Lobbyist” means a lobbyist principal, an executive
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8 lobbyist, or a legislative lobbyist;
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9 5. “Lobbyist principal” means any person or entity, including
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10 an agency, who employs or retains another person for financial or
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11 other compensation to conduct executive or legislative lobbying
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12 activities on behalf of the lobbyist principal; provided, however,
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13 it shall not mean any individual members, partners, officers, or
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14 shareholders of an agency, corporation, association, firm, joint
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15 venture, joint stock company, syndicate, business trust, estate,
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16 trust, company, partnership, limited partnership, organization,
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17 committee, club, or a group of persons who are voluntarily acting in
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18 concert; and
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19 6. “State agency” means a state agency as defined pursuant to
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20 Section 327 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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21 B. No state agency shall:
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22 1. Enter into any new, or renew any existing, contract or any
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23 other agreement with a lobbyist for the purpose of lobbying; or
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24 2. Hire a legislative liaison for the purpose of lobbying,
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 1 unless the agency first secures express, written approval from the
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2 appropriate cabinet secretary who oversees the state agency.
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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